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Alcorn. A switch and loading point on the Rock Island Railroad ten miles southwest of Tonkawa. Name for John Alcorn of Ponca City.
Alert. Eight miles west of Blackwell. A post office from June 7, 1894, to June 29, 1904. No longer in existence.
Arkansas River.
Autwine. Formerly Pierceton. Four miles northeast of Tonkawa. The townsite name was Virginia. Post office name changed to Autwine, March 5 1903, and discontinued June 30, 1922. Considered a ghost town.
Bain. Seven miles northeast of Ponca City. A post office from May 16, 1899, to April 30, 1902. No longer in existence. Named for Daniel Bain, townsite owner.
Batchelder. Six miles east of Ponca City. A post office from February 4, 1895, to October 31, 1903. No longer in existence. Named for Greenleaf W. Batchelder, townsite owner.
Blackwell. In central Kay County. Post offices established December 1, 1893, and named for Andrew J. Blackwell, townsite developer. From April 2, 1894, to February 4, 1895, the post office was named Parker. Most of the earliest stone and brick buildings in the county are found here and in Newkirk.
Bois D' Arc. Unincorporated community.
Braman. In northwestern Kay County. Post office established April 11, 1898. Named for Dwight Braman, railroad developer.
Carthage. Several miles southeast of Blackwell. A post office from March 29, 1894, to May 20, 1895. No longer in existence.
Chilocco. Unincorporated community in northern Kay County. Post office established September 6, 1889, taking its name from the Chilocco Indian School, established by the federal government in 1882. The name is probably from the Creek tci lako meaning "big deer" a name often applied to the horse.
Dilworth. Ten miles northwest of Newkirk. A post office from March 30, 1929, it was named for Charles A. Dilworth, townsite owner.
Eddy. Unincorporated community. Formerly Osborne. Seven miles southwest of Blackwell. Post office name changed to Eddy, January 3, 1901, and discontinued. February 22, 1957. Named for Ed E. Peckham, son of E. L. Peckham, railroad developer.
Ferdinandina. Site five miles northeast of Newkirk on the bank of the Arkansas River at the mouth of Deer Creek. An important French trading post that flourished during the first half of the eighteenth century, it is generally considered to be the first white settlement in present day Oklahoma. Named for King Ferdinand VI of Spain.
Gray. Six miles northwest of Newkirk. Post office established June 29, 1900, and name changed to Middleton, July 30, 1900.
Guiley. Formerly Richland. Ten miles west of Blackwell. Post office name changed to Guiley September 10, 1894, and discontinued February 28, 1902. Named for John D. Guiley, first postmaster.
Hardy. Unincorporated community.
Hickman. Four miles northeast of Kaw City. Townsite plat filed January 26, 1923. No longer in existence. Named for Lemon D. Hickman, townsite owner.
Kaw City. Founded in 1902. No longer in existence. In the late 1960s, the Army Corps of Engineers constructed Kaw Dam on the Arkansas River just south of the original Kaw City site. It then went underwater permanently in 1976, when the gates of the Kaw Dam closed and turned that particular area of the Arkansas River into Kaw Lake.
Kildare. In central Kay County. Post office established October 14, 1893. Named for a town and county in Ireland.
Lamereux. Original name for Newkirk. Named for S. W. Lamereux, commissioner of the General Land Office.
Lillivale. Four miles northeast of Braman. A post office from May 3, 1894, to April 30, 1903. No longer in existence. It was named for James E. Lilly, first postmaster.
Kay County circa 1895 (copyright expired).
Middleton. Formerly Gray. Six miles northwest of Newkirk. Post office name changed to Middleton, July 30, 1900, and discontinued January 31, 1908. The name comes from the circumstance that the site was halfway between Beaumont, Kansas, and Enid, division points on the Frisco Railroad.
Nardin. Nardin is a census-designated place.
Newkirk. County seat. Located in north central Kay County. Most of the earliest stone and brick buildings in the county are found here and in Blackwell.
Osborne. Eleven miles southwest of Blackwell. Post office established February 6, 1894, and name changed to Eddy, January 3, 1901.
Owens. Six miles north of Billings. A post office from December 8, 1898, to August 31, 1911. Townsite name was Owen. Named for Frank Owens, early day resident.
Parker. The post office name from Blackwell from April 2, 1894, to February 4, 1895.
Peckham. Unincorporated community. Nine miles northeast of Blackwell. Post office established July 15, 1899. Named for Ed. L. Peckham of Blackwell, railroad developer.
Pierceton. Four miles northeast of Tonkawa. Post office established May 26, 1894, and name changed to Autwine, March 5, 1903. Named for Louis M. Pierce, first postmaster.
Polk. Six miles north of Billings. A post office from April 4, 1894, to October 15, 1904. No longer in existence. The name was coined from the names of Pawnee, Oklahoma, Logan, and Kay.
Ponca. Present White Eagle. Post office established December 4, 1879, and name changed to White Eagle, August 21, 1896.This post was at the Ponca Indian Agency. The name is from pa-honga meaning “scared leader”.
Ponca City. Formerly New Ponca. In southeastern Kay County. Post office name changed to Ponca July 7, 1898, and to Ponca City, October 23, 1913. This post office name was adopted and New Ponca discarded after the post office at the Ponca Indian Agency changed its name to White Eagle in 1898.
Richland. Ten miles west of Blackwell. Post office established May 25, 1894, and its name changed to Guiley, September 10, 1894. Took its name from the character of the surrounding countryside.
Santa Fe. Present Newkirk. Post office established October 5, 1893, and name changed to Newkirk, January 18, 1894. Took its name from the Santa Fe Railway.
Three Sands. Oil field south of Tonkawa, known as the "Billion Dollar Spot".
Tonkawa. In southwestern Kay County. Post office established March 9, 1894. Name from the Indian tribe. The name means "they all stay together."
Uncas. Near Kaw City. No longer in existence. Near the spillway for Kaw Lake. Considered a ghost town.
Virginia. Townsite name for Autwine. Townsite plat filed June 21, 1899.
Vilott. Present Nardin. Post office established February 2, 1894, and name changed to Nardin, April 12, 1898. Named for Charles W. Vilott, first postmaster.
Washunga. In eastern Kay County, one mile north of Kaw. Considered a ghost town.
White Eagle. Unincorporated community. Named for hereditary chief of Ponca Indians.
Information from multiple sources, including Shirk, George H., Oklahoma Place Names, revised edition (1987) Oklahoma University Press. |
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